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Proverbs 25:15

By long forbearing is a prince, that is, a judge sitting in a case, persuaded, a persistent, gentle patience very often succeeding in gaining its point, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone, wearing down the most stubborn resistance by its gentleness.

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See also Proverbs 25:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 25:15. _A SOFT TONGUE BREAKETH THE BONE._] This is similar to another proverb on the same subject: "A soft answer turneth away wrath." An _angry_ word does nothing but _mischief_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A SOFT TONGUE - Winning and gentle speech does what it seems at first least capable of doing; it overcomes obstacles which are as bones that the strongest jaws would fail to crush....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    IV. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON COLLECTED BY THE MEN OF HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 25 Here begin the proverbs which the good king Hezekiah, under the guidance of the Spirit of God, added to this book. “This title...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FIRST DIVISION. In general character this division shows a resemblance to the Sayings of the Wise, containing a number of quatrains and synthetic couplets, and but few antithetic couplets. PROVERBS...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PRINCE: or judge, persuaded. Compare Genesis 26:13. TONGUE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is spoken by it. BREAKETH THE BONE: i.e. overcometh obstinacy....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    We have an illustration of this proverb in the effect of the "long forbearing" of David during his persecution by Saul, and of his "soft tongue" at Engedi (1 Samuel 24), and in the wilderness of Ziph...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 25:11-19 11. A word fitly spoken Is like applies of gold in network of silver. 12. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. BY LONG FORBEARING IS A PRINCE (WHOSE ANGER IS MORE VIOLENT AND DESPOTIC) PERSUADED - much more is a private individu...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    COURTS. QUARRELS 1-7. relate to kings and courts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 25 MORE OF SOLOMON’S PROVERBS (WISE WORDS) (PROVERBS 25:1 TO PROVERBS 29:27)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A patient person can achieve great things. His gentle words may not seem as impressive as other people’s words. But the patient person will continue until he succeeds. And, in the end, his gentle word...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בְּ אֹ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם יְפֻתֶּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְ לָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 26 THE KING "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SELF-CONTROL AND KINDLINESS Proverbs 25:15-28 In this paragraph we have good advice as to our dealings with the varied characters with whom we are forced into daily contact. Here is a man hard as a b...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the second collection of the proverbs of Solomon. These, as the title specifically declares, constitute a posthumous collection gathered in the days of Hezekiah. Speaking generally, the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    By long (l) forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the (m) bone. (l) By not creating opportunity to provoke him further. (m) That is, the heart that is bent to anger, as in (Pr...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hardness. Hebrew and Septuagint, "bones." (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is suf...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BY LONG FORBEARING IS A PRINCE PERSUADED,.... To come into measures, and do that which his council and ministry advise him to, and to which he may seem at first very averse; but by a mild and gentle r...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Ver. 15. _By long forbearing is a prince persuaded._] If he be not over hasty, his wrath may be appeased, and his mind a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _By long forbearing is a prince persuaded_ That is, by patient submission and expectation he is pacified, whereas his rage is increased by opposition. _And a soft tongue breaketh the bone_ A mild and...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In This CHAPTER, forming the first section, necessarily affirms the basic principles of true unity, which is absolutely essential to recovery. For departure is the very breeding-ground of division, -...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BY LONG FORBEARING, by patient submission and expectation, IS A PRINCE PERSUADED, or _pacified_, whereas his rage is increased by opposition. Compare ECCLESIASTES 10:4. A SOFT TONGUE, a mild and humbl...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 25:15 long H753 forbearance H639 ruler H7101 persuaded H6601 (H8792) gentle H7390 tongue H3956 breaks H7665

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 25:21; Proverbs 25:22.) The way to turn an enemy into a friend is to act friendly towa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 25:1. _These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah copied out._ Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs, and a thousand and five songs. 1 Kings 4:32. The supplement to the boo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone._ THE POWER OF GENTLENESS In the government of our words, mildness, or meekness, is specially commendable. The right dis...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 25:1 Hezekiah’s Collection of Solomonic Proverbs 1:1. The present form of the book of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 25:15. PRINCE. Rather “_Judge_” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 25:15_ FORBEARANCE AND PERSUASIVENESS I. PATIENCE WITHOUT SPEECH IS AN OVERCOMING POWER. The strongest smith w...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-29:27 PART VI. SECOND GREAT COLLECTION OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS, gathered by "the men of Hezekiah," in which wisdom is set forth as the greatest blessing to the king and his subjects...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 25. These proverbs were gathered by Hezekiah when he became king, and they were added to the books of proverbs by Hezekiah's scribes. During the period of Hezekiah's reign, it was a per...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 25:14; 1 Samuel 25:24; Ecclesiastes 10:4; Genesis 32:4;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Forbearing — By patient submission and expectation. Breaketh — Softens the hardest heart....

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